News & Announcements

May
22
2020

Environmental monitoring suspended for all oil and gas projects in Alberta

Alberta Energy Regulator suspends requirements for environmental monitoring for all energy projects, citing COVID-19 concerns, despite the Government of Alberta rolling out its plans to reopen the rest of the province

CPAWS Northern Alberta

Edmonton – Alberta’s Energy Regulator released two unilateral decisions on May 20, 2020, to suspend a series of environmental monitoring activities for all oil & gas operators and in situ operators. These suspensions include monitoring tailings for migratory bird landings, programs to detect and repair methane leaks, testing of surface waters and groundwater, soil monitoring, reclamation monitoring programs, wetland monitoring, and the requirement for lab testing of waters released to the environment. Read More

Source: CPAWS Northern Alberta
Climate Change
Wildlife Protection
Conventional Oil & Gas
Oil Sands
Environmental Law & Policy
Environmental Assessment
May
20
2020

Alberta Strips Away Significant Mountain-Foothills Protection To Encourage Coal Mines

Alberta Wilderness Association

Coal Policy land zones, which have protected important mountain and foothills headwaters and wildlife habitat from open pit coal mining since 1976, were stripped away in a recent move by the Government of Alberta.

This policy change, made without any public consultation, has the potential to open up over 4.7 million hectares of environmentally sensitive lands to boom-and-bust coal developments, further jeopardizing headwaters integrity, wildlife security and the recovery of species at risk. Read More

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Mining
May
13
2020

Pembina Institute to assess updated methane regulations as Alberta seeks equivalency

Pembina Institute reiterates timeline and process on path to federal equivalency

Pembina Institute

CALGARY — The Government of Alberta has released updated methane regulations as it seeks to achieve federal equivalency. Jan Gorski, senior analyst at the Pembina Institute, made the following comment: Read More

Source: Pembina Institute
Pembina Institute
Climate Change
Energy
Conventional Oil & Gas
Environmental Law & Policy
Environmental Assessment
May
06
2020

Critical Trout Habitat Damaged Without Consequence

CPAWS Southern Alberta

Two years ago, at the end of April 2018, when the snow melted in the Rocky Mountains, a forestry road crossing Silvester Creek blew out. Silvester Creek is Critical Habitat for threatened native westslope cutthroat trout. The road then leaked large amounts of sediment into the clean water that the trout rely on to survive. Read More

Source: CPAWS Southern Alberta
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Wildlife Protection
Apr
17
2020

Pembina Institute applauds funding for orphan well clean-up, methane emissions reductions

Pembina Institute reacts to economic aid announcement for oil and gas sector

Pembina Institute

OTTAWA — Josha MacNab, national policy director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to Friday’s announcement of stimulus funding for the oil and gas sector: Read More

Source: Pembina Institute
Pembina Institute
Climate Change
Economics
Conventional Oil & Gas
Apr
02
2020

Boosting electric vehicle production could stimulate Canada’s economy

New report from the Pembina Institute and the International Council on Clean Transportation shows potential in Canada’s light and heavy duty electric vehicle production industry

Pembina Institute

TORONTO — To future-proof Canada’s auto industry and ensure the country holds its position as a top global auto producer, targeted policy support to enable a shift to electric vehicle production is critical, according to Power Play: Canada’s role in the electric vehicle transition, a new report from the Pembina Institute and the International Council on Clean Transportation.  Read More

Source: Pembina Institute
Pembina Institute
Climate Change
Economics
Business & the Environment
Energy
Transportation
Apr
01
2020

Staying the course on carbon pricing sends strong investment signal

Pembina Institute reacts to scheduled increase of national price on pollution

Pembina Institute

OTTAWA — Isabelle Turcotte, federal policy director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the scheduled increase of the federal carbon price going into effect today: Read More

Source: Pembina Institute
Pembina Institute
Climate Change
Economics
Energy
Environmental Law & Policy
Mar
31
2020

Pembina Institute appoints former sustainability executive to top job

Linda Coady has worked with business and environmentalists to achieve progress on complex problems

Pembina Institute

CALGARY — The board of directors of the Pembina Institute, Canada’s leading clean energy and environmental think tank, is pleased to announce Linda Coady will assume the role of executive director today. Formerly with Enbridge Inc., the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, WWF-Canada and Weyerhaeuser, Coady brings extensive experience finding common ground to Pembina’s work advancing climate action across all sectors of Canada’s economy.    Read More

Source: Pembina Institute
Pembina Institute
Climate Change
Energy
Mar
27
2020

Public Land Sale Opposed

Alberta Wilderness Association

A quarter section of public land, SE 31-9-13-W4, located near Taber is slated for auction on March 31, 2020. The provincial government should be proactively avoiding any further losses of native prairie landscapes. With less than 2% of Alberta’s native prairie grasslands protected, we need this piece left as is under public land management.  Alberta Wilderness Association (AWA) is calling for this public land sale to be withdrawn. Read More

Source: Alberta Wilderness Association
Alberta Wilderness Association
Agriculture
Biodiversity and Wildlife
Land Management & Stewardship

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